as in guides
one that accompanies another for protection, guidance, or as a courtesy
the mayor served as the First Lady's escort for her tour of the city
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as in accompanies
to go along with in order to provide assistance, protection, or companionship
a student from the college escorted my parents and me on our tour of the campus
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Recent Examples of escorts
Leondra Head, CBS News, 10 June 2026
Despite reports of new naval escorts in recent days, a spokesperson for US Central Command said that had not happened.
—Vanessa Yurkevich, CNN Money, 2 June 2026
The new policy included the requirement that journalists be accompanied by escorts at all times while in the Pentagon.
—ABC News, 1 June 2026
Russia is also compelling private foreign vessels in the NSR to use Russian ice pilots and icebreaker escorts.
—Jill Goldenziel, Forbes.com, 29 May 2026
At six in the morning, long before most people are awake, city crews often arrive at homeless encampments with trash bags, police escorts, and a strict deadline.
—Shianne Leclaire, Hartford Courant, 17 May 2026
His attorney argues the conditions — constant escorts, strip searches and isolation — constitute unlawful punishment rather than necessary precautions for the detainee’s safety.
—Los Angeles Times, 3 May 2026
That division also serves warrants and restraining orders, and escorts dignitaries through traffic.
—Ryan Oehrli, Charlotte Observer, 30 Apr. 2026
The reason the Franklin Wildcats moved games to college arenas and traveled with police escorts to small-town gyms in southwest Ohio.
—Dan Woike, New York Times, 28 Apr. 2026
Anniek Bao, CNBC, 2 Apr. 2026
The filmmaker escorts her back to Romania to try to find her birth mother.
—Murtada Elfadl, Variety, 20 Mar. 2026
Enriquez’s organization, Little Village Community Council, saw its volunteer walking group which escorts children to school, grow from 13 to 32 students.
—Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 16 Nov. 2025
Medlin escorts me down the hall to the judge’s office, where Skeet is in a meeting with some local men.
—Mitch Moxley, Rolling Stone, 27 Sep. 2025
The program shares safety resources and tips, escorts residents in the late evening, monitors for unwanted activity and discourages panhandling.
—Lily Kepner, Austin American Statesman, 26 Aug. 2025
Foreign reporters can currently only enter Gaza when the Israeli military allows and escorts them.
—Filip Timotija, The Hill, 15 Aug. 2025
The winner will arrive by private car and be welcomed by a personal concierge who escorts them to the bed placed right next to the baseline.
—Jordi Lippe-McGraw, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2025
Noun
These ambassadors will assist visitors with directions, offer safety escorts, and connect people to resources.
—Leondra Head, CBS News, 10 June 2026
Despite reports of new naval escorts in recent days, a spokesperson for US Central Command said that had not happened.
—Vanessa Yurkevich, CNN Money, 2 June 2026
The new policy included the requirement that journalists be accompanied by escorts at all times while in the Pentagon.
—ABC News, 1 June 2026
Russia is also compelling private foreign vessels in the NSR to use Russian ice pilots and icebreaker escorts.
—Jill Goldenziel, Forbes.com, 29 May 2026
At six in the morning, long before most people are awake, city crews often arrive at homeless encampments with trash bags, police escorts, and a strict deadline.
—Shianne Leclaire, Hartford Courant, 17 May 2026
His attorney argues the conditions — constant escorts, strip searches and isolation — constitute unlawful punishment rather than necessary precautions for the detainee’s safety.
—Los Angeles Times, 3 May 2026
That division also serves warrants and restraining orders, and escorts dignitaries through traffic.
—Ryan Oehrli, Charlotte Observer, 30 Apr. 2026
The reason the Franklin Wildcats moved games to college arenas and traveled with police escorts to small-town gyms in southwest Ohio.
—Dan Woike, New York Times, 28 Apr. 2026
Verb
If approved, an Iranian boat escorts the vessel through the territorial waters around Larak Island.
—Anniek Bao, CNBC, 2 Apr. 2026
The filmmaker escorts her back to Romania to try to find her birth mother.
—Murtada Elfadl, Variety, 20 Mar. 2026
Enriquez’s organization, Little Village Community Council, saw its volunteer walking group which escorts children to school, grow from 13 to 32 students.
—Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 16 Nov. 2025
Medlin escorts me down the hall to the judge’s office, where Skeet is in a meeting with some local men.
—Mitch Moxley, Rolling Stone, 27 Sep. 2025
The program shares safety resources and tips, escorts residents in the late evening, monitors for unwanted activity and discourages panhandling.
—Lily Kepner, Austin American Statesman, 26 Aug. 2025
Foreign reporters can currently only enter Gaza when the Israeli military allows and escorts them.
—Filip Timotija, The Hill, 15 Aug. 2025
The winner will arrive by private car and be welcomed by a personal concierge who escorts them to the bed placed right next to the baseline.
—Jordi Lippe-McGraw, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for escorts
Noun
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Songtams' guides can bring you to local temples and arrange cultural experiences to the Yunnan Nationalities Village showcasing ethnic minority cultures like the Yi, Bai, and Dai people.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
12 June 2026
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Be sure to follow me for all your daily puzzle-solving guides, TV show and movie reviews and more here on this blog!—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
11 June 2026
Verb
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Pascale accompanies her with deceptively simple down-bows and up-bows, bearing the technical difficulty lightly, as though that’s just the shape and movements her hands happen to take.—
Emma Madden,
Pitchfork,
11 June 2026
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And there has been no mention of the card that accompanies these presents.—
Judith Martin,
Mercury News,
11 June 2026
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Cabin attendants discovered Kepner's body, prosecutors say, wrapped in bedding and partially hidden under a bed, with a box of life vests positioned to obscure it.—
Sarah Rumpf-Whitten,
FOXNews.com,
14 June 2026
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Cody James Maluck, 32, was indicted by a federal grand jury in Atlanta on June 9 for interference with crew members or attendants, considered a federal crime.—
Kathleen Wong,
USA Today,
11 June 2026
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Some of the allegations included removing protective plastic guards covering actresses’ vaginas during the filming of intimate scenes, and Franco getting angry when actresses didn’t want to go topless.—
Cerys Davies,
Los Angeles Times,
15 June 2026
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The Pacers, too, sent wave after wave of bigger stronger guards to push Brunson off his spots and disrupt the Knicks’ flow.—
Sean Woods,
Rolling Stone,
15 June 2026
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These figures, with some exceptions, often turn on their human companions, typically by letting a face-hugger make contact.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
20 Aug. 2025
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Since the breakup, nineteen months earlier, the cats had been my only companions, except for two conversations with a local writer, a cave hike with an old friend, a three-week visit from my parents, and a five-day trip to New York City.—
Tao Lin,
Harpers Magazine,
20 Aug. 2025
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“Escorts.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/escorts. Accessed 17 Jun. 2026.
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